The Hominidae (/ h ɒ ˈ m ɪ n ɪ d iː /), whose members are known as the great apes [note 1] or hominids (/ ˈ h ɒ m ɪ n ɪ d z /), are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); Gorilla (the eastern and western gorilla); Pan (the chimpanzee and ...

2016年12月6日 · In both Africa and Asia, great apes – bonobos, eastern and western gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans – are rapidly losing much of their forest habitat to human activities such as agriculture, mining, and commercial logging.

2025年1月17日 · Hominidae, in zoology, one of the two living families of the ape superfamily Hominoidea, the other being the Hylobatidae (gibbons). Hominidae includes the great apes—that is, the orangutans (genus Pongo), the gorillas (Gorilla), and the chimpanzees and bonobos (Pan)—as well as human beings (Homo).

The A.P.E.S. Wiki is a collaborative initiative by the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group Section on Great Apes (SGA) and Section on Small Apes (SSA) to centralize information on ape population status, threats, and conservation and research activities.

2020年10月29日 · In this post, we’ll look at the 5 different types of apes, except humans. Apes are animals native to Africa and Southeast Asia. They are tailless animals, which differentiates them from monkeys. They primarily eat plant foods, which mainly include fruits.

2005年6月18日 · This atlas provides a comprehensive overview of what is currently known about all six species of great apes - chimpanzee, bonobo, Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, eastern gorilla, and western gorilla.

2016年10月11日 · The "great apes" are the bonobo, the chimpanzee, the gorilla, the orangutan, and the human being; The chimpanzee is our closest relative; Bonobos were originally known as "pygmy chimpanzees" The orangutan is the largest arboreal animal, weighing about 150 pounds and spending 90% of its life in the trees

2025年1月7日 · The gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo, and orangutan are called great apes in recognition of their comparatively large size and humanlike features; the gibbons are called lesser apes. The great apes are much more intelligent than monkeys and gibbons.

There are four types of Great Apes – the orang-utans, gorillas, chimpanzees and humans. There are two living species of orang-utan – the Bornean Orang-utan, Pongo pygmaeus, and the Sumatran Orang-utan, Pongo abelii. Orang-utans live in dense rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra in South-east Asia. Orang-utans have the following features:

In ape …bonobo, and orangutan are called great apes in recognition of their comparatively large size and humanlike features; the gibbons are called lesser apes. The great apes are much more intelligent than monkeys and gibbons. Great apes, for example, are able to recognize themselves in mirrors (monkeys and other nonhumans cannot,… Read More